Ten new species are described: Cleptes transoxianus sp. n. (Kazakhstan), Philoctetes pavesii sp. n. (Kazakhstan), Holopyga lucens sp. n. (Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan), Hedychridium kilimniki sp. n. (Kazakhstan), Hedychridium fadeevi sp. n. (Kazakhstan), Chrysis leleji sp. n. (Russia: Altai), Chrysis kazenasi sp. n. (Kazakhstan), Chrysis gertiana sp. n. (Iran, Turkmenistan), Chrysis fastigiata sp. n. (Kazakhstan), Chrysis diadema sp. n. (Turkmenistan).
Two new species Hedychrum crassitarse sp. n. (India: Tamil Nadu) and H. migliaccioi sp. n. (Nepal: Janakpur) are described and illustrated. New distributional records for the genus Hedychrum in Asia are given.
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